Application Software

Software vendors that fully support their products on VMware virtualization solutions can qualify for the VMware Ready logo in the Application Software category. The VMware Ready logo visibly demonstrates confidence and simplifies purchase decisions for any customer using a virtualized infrastructure. The Application Software category is open to all vendors, subject to VMware approval.

VMware technologies offer internal benefits for ISVs, as well, providing a flexible and cost-lowering platform for developing, testing, selling, and delivering their applications. Support costs also may be reduced and the customer support experience improved by using VMware capabilities such as virtual appliance technology for application deployment and virtual machine copies to allow technical support personal to reproduce software issues easily, without needing access to many different kinds of physical computer systems.

Demonstrate successful operation by passing a workload test against a virtual configuration of the application and submitting the results to VMware. Partners that are highly experienced with delivering their products on a virtual platform may provide either of the following to VMware and request a waiver for the workload test:

- Upload comprehensive user deployment guide or similar document that describes how to install and operate the application on a virtual machine for production use

- Provide names of three reference customers currently using the application in production in a VMware vSphere infrastructure